Curriculum

At Kingsbury we aim to provide an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum that provides students with the knowledge, skills and cultural capital to become well-rounded, informed members of society. Our curriculum aims to provide students with the necessary tools to achieve academic success and to prepare them for the wider world. The Kingsbury Curriculum reflects the scope of the National Curriculum expectations.

The Kingsbury Curriculum  

Our Kingsbury curriculum is designed to engage learners in the learning process, as well as leading to positive outcomes and helping students to develop as individuals. 

The vision and aims for our curriculum are: 

  • The curriculum precisely defines WHAT students need to learn. The curriculum clearly identifies what core substantive and disciplinary knowledge students need to know and understand.  
  • The curriculum has purpose and enables students to place their learning into the ‘bigger picture’. Intended learning is relevant to students and they can make links with prior and future learning. 
  • The curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced. Substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge are built up and regularly revisited, so that the forgetting curve is addressed. 
  • The curriculum is ambitious and increases in challenge over time. It is designed to support the needs of all students, including HA, Disadvantaged and SEND students.  
  • The curriculum provides students with the opportunities to build cultural capital, covering topics and providing experiences, that are suitable and relevant to Kingsbury Learners.  

The curriculum is organised so that student in years 7, 8 and 9 experience a full range of subjects, giving them a broad and balanced foundation for their leaning. This fully prepares them to make informed choices when opting for the courses to study at KS4.   

A key aim of Kingsbury School is to support our students to develop into well rounded members of society who make positive contributions to their local communities and the world around them. Our curriculum design supports this aim by ensuring that all students are provided with SMSC and RSE education through our Personal Development, Citizenship and Careers curricula which are delivered throughout their time in school. (see Relationship and Sex Education policy, SMSC policy and Careers and Guidance policy) 

Kingsbury School is committed to developing students’ reading and oracy skills, as they are essential in facilitating social mobility and success in life for our students. There is designated curriculum time provided for literacy lessons for Years 7 and 8. Reading and oracy opportunities are also mapped into other subject curricula to ensure that these skills are continually developed throughout a student’s time at Kingsbury.   

In addition to lessons during the school day, students can participate in extra-curricular activities to extend their skills and importantly, to have fun. 

Curriculum Time and Subject Choices 

Specific details of the subjects studied in each year group can be found below (numbers represent hour per week each subject is studied) Subject choices are reviewed annually. In 2022-23, the curriculum offer is:

YEAR 7

English                                                         4 Maths                                                         3 Science                                                        3 
French                                                         2 Geography                                                 2 History                                                         2 
Citizenship/RE                                           1 Music                                                          1 Drama                                                          1 
Art                                                               1 ICT                                                               1 PE                                                                 2 
Personal Development                         0.5 Literacy Lesson                                       0.5 Technology                                                 1 
 TOTAL                                                                                                     25 

YEAR 8

English                                                         4 Maths                                                         3 Science                                                        3 
French                                                         2 Geography                                                 2 History                                                         2 
Citizenship/RE                                           1 Music                                                          1 Drama                                                          1 
Art                                                               1 ICT                                                               1 PE                                                                 2 
Personal Development                         0.5 Literacy Lesson                                       0.5 Technology                                                 1 
 TOTAL                                                                                                     25 

YEAR 9

English                                                         4 Maths                                                         3 Science                                                     3.5 
French                                                         2 Geography                                                 2 History                                                         2 
Citizenship                                                 1 RE                                                             0.5 Drama/ Music                                            1 
Art                                                               1 Food                                                            1 PE                                                                 2 
Personal Development                         0.5 ICT                                                               1 Textiles                                                     0.5 
 TOTAL                                                                                                     25 

YEAR 10 and YEAR 11

CORE SUBJECTS 
English                                                        5 Maths                                                      4.5 Science                                                     4.5 
PE                                                                1 Citizenship                                                2  
OPTION SUBJECTS  
Option A                                                    3 Option B                                                  2.5 Option C                                                  2.5 
 TOTAL                                                                                                     25 

Choice of Option Subjects include (subjects running 2022_2023) 

Art Music Geography 
Child Development BTEC Sports Science BTEC Hospitality and Catering BTEC 
iMedia BTEC Drama Triple Science 
History  French Astronomy  
Psychology  Art Textiles